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<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">What makes someone want to live on an island?</span></p><p><a href="http://www.laketrek.com/">Loreen Neiwenhuis </a>pondered this question in her book, <em>A 1,000 Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure</em>, which recounts her journey traveling to many of the islands in each of the Great Lakes. This is the third in her Great Lakes Adventure series and the <a href="http://michiganradio.org/post/great-lakes-lover-and-her-thousand-mile-adventures#stream/0">last time she spoke with us</a> she had just completed hiking the shorelines of all five Great Lakes. Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:37:06 +0000Stateside Staff22882 at http://michiganradio.orgNew book discovers joys of Great Lakes island livingDNR calls for public comments on Lake Michigan island planhttp://michiganradio.org/post/dnr-calls-public-comments-lake-michigan-island-plan
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Official at the Department of Natural Resources are inviting the public to comment on a draft plan for managing Lake Michigan islands.</span></p><p>“We are looking at developing a collaborative effort where we involve island residents and local governments and tribal governments and other interested stake holders in helping us, in the future, set priorities and then more importantly execute priorities. We can't do this ourselves, for some of this work we are outlining,” said Keith Kintigh, a field operation manager for the DNR.&nbsp;</p>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:13:19 +0000Stateside Staff22883 at http://michiganradio.orgDNR calls for public comments on Lake Michigan island planGreat Lakes lover and her thousand-mile adventureshttp://michiganradio.org/post/great-lakes-lover-and-her-thousand-mile-adventures
<p></p><p>After hiking some 2,000 miles around the Great Lakes, Loreen Niewenhuis is headed to the islands of the Great Lakes for another thousand-mile adventure of hiking, boating, kayaking, and bicycling.</p><p>First, she hiked completely around Lake Michigan, her "1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach." Then she decided to hike the shorelines of all five Great Lakes, another 1,000-mile adventure.</p><p>She has turned both of those into books.</p><p>Now she is working on her third journey: <a href="http://laketrek.blogspot.com/">A 1,000-mile Great Lakes Island adventure</a>. This month, she'll be visiting Isle Royale to help out with wolf and moose research.</p><p>Niewenhuis&nbsp;joined Stateside today to talk about the environmental issue she observed on her island journeys and recount her amazing experiences, including searching for moose bones on Isle Royale and hiking Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior.</p><p><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px;">*Listen to the full interview with Loreen above.</em></p><p>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:33:30 +0000Stateside Staff18020 at http://michiganradio.orgGreat Lakes lover and her thousand-mile adventuresThe surprising history of one of Michigan's small island communitieshttp://michiganradio.org/post/surprising-history-one-michigans-small-island-communities
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We turn now to a little-known and absolutely fascinating slice of Michigan history: Beaver Island.</span></p><p>It's a fairly remote island, plunked right there in the middle of northern Lake Michigan. Take a ferry northwest from Charlevoix, and you're there.</p><p>Fewer than 500 people live on Beaver Island year-round. A lot of them are descendants from Irish fishermen who fled the famine and troubles in 19th-century Ireland, and wound up on Beaver Island.</p><p>That's part of the fascinating history of Beaver Island. Later, years after settlement, one Mormon on the island proclaimed himself "King" of Beaver Island!</p><p>But how did Irish emigrants find their way to this island in Lake Michigan? And who was the island’s self-proclaimed king?</p><p><em>Listen to the full interview above.</em></p><p>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:39:49 +0000Stateside Staff15660 at http://michiganradio.orgThe surprising history of one of Michigan's small island communities